puerile (redirected from puerilities)

pu·er·ile  (pyr-l, pyrl, -l)

adj.

1. Belonging to childhood; juvenile.

2. Immature; childish. See Synonyms at young.

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[Latin puerlis, from puer, child, boy; see pau-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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puer·ile·ly adv.

puer·ili·ty (-l-t), puer·ile·ness (-l-ns, -l-) n.

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puerile

Adjective

silly and childish [Latin puer a boy]

puerility n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	puerile - of or characteristic of a child; "puerile breathing"
	2.	puerile - displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" jejune, juvenile, adolescent immature - characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior"

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puerile

adjective childish, juvenile, naive, weak, silly, ridiculous, foolish, petty, trivial, irresponsible, immature, infantile, inane, babyish, jejune << OPPOSITE mature

Translations

puerile [ˈpjuəraɪl] adj → pueril

puerile [ˈpjuəraɪl] adj → puéril(e)

puerile [ˈpjuəraɪl] adj → kindisch

puerile [ˈpjuəraɪl] adj → puerile